P.B. Kerr famous quotes

03-27-2025

When something needs to be said, you look for a man to say it. But when something needs actually to be done, you look for a woman.
-- P.B. Kerr

#Women #Done #Needs
Philosophy begins when you don't know where to look for an answer.
-- P.B. Kerr

#Philosophy #Answers #Looks
The living always get over the dead. Thatâ€™s what the dead never realize. If ever the dead did come back, theyâ€™d only have been sore that somehow you managed to get over their dying at all.
-- P.B. Kerr

#Dying #Realizing #Get Over
When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.
-- P.B. Kerr

#Cat #Kitchen #Rats
A man's bookseller should keep his confidence, like his physician. What can become of a world where every man knows what another man reads? Why, sir, books would become like quacks' potions, with every mountebank in the newspapers claiming one volume's superiority over another.
-- P.B. Kerr

#Book #Men #World
And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.
-- P.B. Kerr

#Book #Order #Stills
May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
-- P.B. Kerr

#Past #May #Your Past
To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at.
-- P.B. Kerr

#Dream #Ambition #Men
A wish is a dish that's a lot like a fish: Once it's been eaten it's harder to throw back. - Mr. Rakshasas
-- P.B. Kerr

#Wish #Dishes #Harder
All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy. But you need a hell of a sense of humor to handle it.
-- P.B. Kerr

#Father #Men #Tragedy

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